Integrating the systems’ technologies, DeSimone said in a statement, will also provide more missile defence “reaction time,” he said.

Connecting the two systems, Lockheed Martin said, equates to a low-risk ‘technology refresh’ of the legacy SPY-1 antenna, resulting in: the ability to detect targets at longer distances and combat larger numbers of targets simultaneously; additional target engagement opportunities; higher performance in complicated land environments; minimised interference with civilian or military radio emitters and receivers; and increased use of the new SM-3 Block IIA missile’s performance.

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